Railroad-tie.



S. B. KULL;

RAILROAD TIE. APPLIQATION FILED NOV. 1, 1911.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912' llllllllllflll IIIIIII!!! i l s i M W a WITNESSES Arm/mm Original application filed April TED srnrrns PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUELJBD KULL, OF NEW YORK, 1\T.- Y.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented Aug. 2'7, 1912.

13, 1911, Serial No. 620,720. Divided and this application filed November 1, 1911. Serial No. 657,971.

T '0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. KULL, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railroad-Tie, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, this being a division of the application for Letters -Patent for a rail-fastening, Serial No.

620,720, filed by me on April 13, 1911.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved-railroad tie, adapted.

- ings forming a part of this speclfication, in

which similar characters of'reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

. Figure l is a plan view of the railroad tie with the rail plates and rails in position; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of part of the tie and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the railroad tie on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The railroad tie A is formed of a body A of wood and covered with a coating A of asphalt or a similar waterproofing material, and the coating A is covered by sheet metal A to protect the coating A from being knocked off the body A especially when handling, laying or re-laying the tie on the road bed. By the use of the coating A the wooden tie body A is protected against deterioration by atmospheric or other external influences and hence long life of the tie is insured. 1

The coating and sheet metal are partly removed on top of the tie A for the reception of plates or chairs B, on which rest the rail C, and each of the said plates B is provided with two pairs of depending converging pockets or guideways B, B of which the pockets B are for the reception of rail spikes D for fastening the rail C in place, and the pockets B are for the reception of the locking spikes E employed for holding the rail spikes D against outward movement in their pockets B. A of the tie A is provided with transverse recesses A for the reception of the pockets B, B, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, but the entrances to the said recesses A are closed after the plates are in position The body metal covering A By reference to Fig: 2, it will be noticed that the covering A is flush on the top with the upper faces of the rail plates B so that the rail tie presents no projections.

which would prevent convenient handling thereof.

It is understood that in practice the plates B are placed first in position on the body A and then the coating A is applied to the body, after which the covering A is placed in position on the coating A In making the tie, the body A with the coating A thereon is placed in a sheet metal box open at the top, and then the sheet metal cover with the cut-out portions for the plates or chairs B is placed on the box and soldered .or otherwise fastened thereto, it being understood that the said sheet metal box and its cover form the covering of sheet metal A Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters ing of waterproofing material for the saigi In testimony vvhereof I have signedniy body, and a covering of sheet metal for the name to this specification in the presence of said coating, the'coveri-ng having integral two subscribing Witnesses.

sides, top and bottom, and the said covering SAMUEL B. KULL. and Waterproofing material having cut-out Witnesses: registering portions on top for the recep- THEO. G. I-IosTER t-ion of ra11 plates. JOHN P. DAVIS. 

